The Mad Hatters

Shit Happens

by duncanr

8 Comments to “Shit Happens”

1. 
   bearmancartoons
   July 8, 2012 at 2:41 pm

   Better than adding insulting words to the tattoo

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2. 
   NobblySan
   July 8, 2012 at 8:35 pm

   “….and the only time you were likely to see a lady sporting a tattoo was as an exhibit at the fair.”

   This reminded me of the old song, Rawtenstall Annual Fair. An extract is below….

   “Roll up, roll up, see the tattoed lady,
   See the lovely lady with the pictures on her skin.”
   In went the lads and they began to cheer,
   To see that on her back were all the towns o’ Lancashire.
   There were Odsall Bottom, Manchester City,
   The town hall standin’ in the square.
   There were Oldham, Bolton, Ashton-under-Lyne,
   ‘Coal pit up at Burnley were lookin’ mighty fine,
   Till someone shouted “Daddy, don’t go down the mine”,
   At the Rawtenstall Annual Fair.”

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3. 
   NobblySan
   July 8, 2012 at 8:39 pm

   The rest of the lyrics are here…. if anyone is interested.

   http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/song-midis/Rawtenstall_Annual_Fair.htm

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     Scott
     July 9, 2012 at 9:15 am

     I’d never heard of that song–that’s delightful!

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4. 
   allesklar
   July 9, 2012 at 4:05 am

   Thanks Nobbly.
   What a gem! I only ‘got it’ after clicking the link, and reading the whole thing from beginning.
   Hilarious.
   No doubt there are many other treasures to be found on that site

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     NobblySan
     July 9, 2012 at 11:34 pm

     If any of you foreign types have access to the same Grooveshark track listing as us British chaps , you can hear Lee Nicholson singing Rawtenstall Annual Fair, here:-

     http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Rawtenstall+Annual+Fair/40lvmR?src=5

     or the rest of the album is here:-

     http://grooveshark.com/#!/album/Deep+Lancashire/6651140

     …check out ‘Our Bill’ by Bernard Wrigley.

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5. 
   Scott
   July 9, 2012 at 9:13 am

   That’s hilarious!

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     Scott
     July 9, 2012 at 9:19 am

     All this talk of shit, and poetic song reminds me of one of only two dirty limericks I know:
     [I'll understand if you delete this, it's pretty raw]:

     There was a young man from Corsair
     Who buttfucked the maid on the stair.
     The bannister broke
     So he doubled his stroke
     And polished her off in mid-air.

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